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Protein J ; 29(3): 188-94, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20349205

RESUMO

A beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase (EC 3.2.1.52) was purified from hepatic extracts of Sotalia fluviatilis, order Cetacea. The protein was purified by using ammonium sulfate fractionation and four subsequent chromatographies (Biogel A 1.5 m, Chitin, Deae-Biogel and hydroxyapatite resins). After these purification steps, the enzyme was purified 380.5-fold with an 8.4% yield. The molecular mass (10 kDa) was estimated by SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF analysis. A Km of 2.72 mM and Vmax 9.5 x 10(-6) micromol/(min x mg) were found for this enzyme, determined by p-nitrophenyl-beta-D: -hexosaminide substrate digestion. Optimal pH and temperature for beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase activity were 5.0 and 60 degrees C, respectively. Enzyme activity was inhibited by sodium selenate (Na(2)SeO(4)), mercuric chloride (HgCl(2)) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (C(12)H(25)SO(4)Na), and activated by zinc, calcium, barium and lithium ions. Characterization of the beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase in Sotalia fluviatilis can be a basis for physiological studies in this species.


Assuntos
Golfinhos/metabolismo , Fígado/enzimologia , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/isolamento & purificação , Animais , Carboidratos , Cromatografia em Gel , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Cinética , Fígado/química , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização e Dessorção a Laser Assistida por Matriz , Temperatura , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/química , beta-N-Acetil-Hexosaminidases/metabolismo
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Biomed Pharmacother ; 62(5): 303-7, 2008 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18455359

RESUMO

Brown algae have two kinds of acid polysaccharides present in the extracellular matrix: sulfated fucan and alginic acid. We have previously isolated and characterized fucans from several species of brown seaweed. The characterized fucans from Dictyotaceae are heterofucans containing mainly fucose, galactose, glucose, xylose, and/or uronic acid. The fucan from Fucus vesiculosus is a homofucan containing only sulfated fucose. We assessed the activity of these fucans as inhibitors of HIV from reverse transcriptase (RT). Using activated DNA and template primers poly(rA)-oligo(dT), we found that fucans at a concentration of 0.5-1.0 microg/mL had a pronounced inhibitory effect in vitro on the avian reverse transcriptase, with the exception of xylogalactofucan isolated from Spatoglossum schröederi, which had no inhibitory activity. The alginic acid (1.0 microg/mL) inhibited the reverse transcriptase activity by 51.1% using activated DNA. The inhibitory effect of fucans was eliminated by their desulfation. Furthermore, only xylofucoglucuronan from S. schröederi lost its activity after carboxyreduction. We suggest that fucan activity is not only dependent on the ionic changes but also on the sugar rings that act to spatially orientate the charges in a configuration that recognizes the enzyme, thus determining the specificity of the binding.


Assuntos
Fármacos Anti-HIV/química , Transcriptase Reversa do HIV/antagonistas & inibidores , Phaeophyceae/química , Polissacarídeos/química , Inibidores da Transcriptase Reversa/química , Transcriptase Reversa do HIV/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 32(5): 529-38, May 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-233471

RESUMO

The distribution and structure of heparan sulfate and heparin are briefly reviewed. Heparan sulfate is a ubiquitous compound of animal cells whose structure has been maintained throughout evolution, showing an enormous variability regarding the relative amounts of its disaccharide units. Heparin, on the other hand, is present only in a few tissues and species of the animal kingdom and in the form of granules inside organelles in the cytoplasm of special cells. Thus, the distribution as well as the main structural features of the molecule, including its main disaccharide unit, have been maintained through evolution. These and other studies led to the proposal that heparan sulfate may be involved in the cell-cell recognition phenomena and control of cell growth, whereas heparin may be involved in defense mechanisms against bacteria and other foreign materials. All indications obtained thus far suggest that these molecules perform the same functions in vertebrates and invertebrates


Assuntos
Animais , Fenômenos Fisiológicos Celulares , Heparina , Heparitina Sulfato , Glicosaminoglicanos , Heparina/fisiologia , Heparitina Sulfato/biossíntese , Heparitina Sulfato/fisiologia , Invertebrados , Moluscos , Vertebrados
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 27(9): 2097-102, Sept. 1994. ilus
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS | ID: lil-144462

RESUMO

The sequence of the disacharide units of eight heparan sulfate proteoglycans of different origins is described. All heparan sulfates contain 5 variable regions made of oligosaccharide blocks of disaccharides, namely GlcUA(1-4) GlcNAc, GlcUA(1-4)GlcNS, IdoUA (104)GlcNS) and monosaccharides (GlcNS, and GlcNS,65) at the non-reducing terminal. The N-acetylated region of the heparan sulfates is linked to the serine of the protein core through a trisaccharide of Xyl-Gal-Gal. Heparan sulfates differ from one another in terms of the number of disaccharides that compose each block


Assuntos
Bovinos , Cães , Coelhos , Animais , Heparitina Sulfato/química , Oligossacarídeos/química , Proteoglicanas/química , Acetilação , Sequência de Carboidratos , Fracionamento Químico , Dissacarídeos/química , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Polissacarídeo-Liases/análise , Análise de Sequência
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